Capital markets

DLA Piperâs experienced team includes Peder Grandinson, Richard Folke and Emma Norburg; all three individuals advised Sportamore on its accelerated book building in 2017. Stockwik FĂ¶rvaltning, Orasolv and ALM Equity are among other active clients.

Commercial, corporate and M&A

DLA Piperâs merger with GrĂ¶nberg AdvokatbyrĂ„ in October 2016 has bolstered its offering, with Mats Jansson and Sanna Lundkvist joining the team. The duo acted for Cleano Holding on the sale of Diskteknik and its subsidiaries to Martin & Servera. Anders MalmstrĂ¶m leads the team, which includes Peder Grandinson, Arthur Csatho and Richard Folke.

Dispute resolution

Einar Wanhainen and Karl-Oscar Dalin joined DLA Piper following its merger with GrĂ¶nberg AdvokatbyrĂ„. Dalin is assisting online advertising technology company Gravity 4 Inc with appealing against fines levied by the Swedish Financial Supervising Authority over an alleged violation of the regulations on public offers. Swedish and international arbitration are other bedrocks of the practice, which is led by Gunnar Johansson.

Employment

DLA Piperâs Mats BorgstrĂ¶m and senior associate Jonas Wiberg are representing the Swedish Building Workersâ Union in landmark proceedings concerning the right to take industrial action in Sweden. Wiberg is also handling a class action lawsuit for 200 employees of Scandinavian Airlines Systems against trade union Unionen, where it is alleged that Unionen wrongfully gave up individualsâ rights to pension benefits when negotiating collective bargaining agreements. Johan Sundberg and Dino Kalamujic are also recommended.

Energy

At DLA Piper, practice head Peter Ihrfelt, senior associate Johan Forsling and special counsel Mats Eriksson, who recently rejoined the firm from Fortum, assisted OX2 Group with acquiring several project portfolios from local utilities and developers in Finland and Norway. Kalmar Energi, VĂ€xjĂ¶ Energi and Swedbank are other clients.

IT and telecoms

DLA Piperâs team, which is led by Emil Ădling, undertakes Swedish and cross-border IT and technology projects, outsourcing transactions and cloud computing matters. Johan Sundberg acts as an external data privacy officer to GlaxoSmithKline and to a number of General Electricâs companies in Sweden.

Insolvency

DLA Piper has âexperts at the forefront of their fieldâ in insolvency-related disputes and large insolvency projects. Kent HĂ€gglund and Erik Selander are acting as the administrator of the bankrupt estate of Terri Property and its subsidiaries, one of the largest real estate bankruptcies in Sweden. The team is also acting as the administrator to six companies in the Bygg Teamet group. Lars Wiking and Jonas Premfors are also recommended.

Intellectual property and media

DLA Piperâs Sweden-based practice operates as part of a wider Nordic region group. Practice head Emil Ădling advises ITV Nordic on programme production and distribution, format development, sales and licensing. Other clients include Black Spark Television, B-Reel Feature Films and Memfis Filmproduktion. In addition to media and entertainment, other sector strengths are gaming and gambling, and sports.

Real estate

DLA Piper handles real estate acquisitions and disposals, project development and leasing, and real estate disputes. Practice head Gustaf StrĂ¶m is advising Johansson & KĂ„rell on two transactions, including the SEK550m divestment of an office and retail portfolio in Stockholm. Mats Eriksson, who rejoined the firm from Fortum, is experienced in energy-related real estate matters. Jan RĂ„ssjĂ¶, Anders MalmstrĂ¶m and Johan Forsling are other key figures. Senior associate Kristina Stavne joined from the city of Stockholm.

Foyen has advised Australian mining company Dragon Mining Limited in its listing of shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) on 5 November 2018. Dragon Mining is principally engaged in gold exploration, mining and processing with operating mines, pre-production mining assets and production plants in Sweden and Finland. Foyen's assignment has included environmental/permitting and corporate due diligence regarding the Swedish operation. The listing comprised a public offering for a total of 50,000,000 shares and the total funds raised were approximately HK$101 million(116 MSEK).

The renewable energy company OX2 has been engaged to construct four wind power farms with 25 wind power plants (107.4 MW) in Finland. This will be the largest unsubsidised wind power project to date in the Nordic region.

The renewable energy company OX2 has been engaged to construct four wind power farms with 25 wind power plants (107.4 MW)in Finland. This will be the largest unsubsidised wind power project to date in the Nordic region.

A recent Court of Appeal case illustrates the risk that parties (and their
counsel) run when an agreement is governed by a law of a different language
from that used in the agreement itself. Due to the chairman's casting vote, the
otherwise split decision came down in favour of one dictionary translation.

In the first case of its kind to be decided by a higher court in Sweden, the Court of Appeal finds no probable cause for infringement where a competitorâs trade mark was used for keyword advertising on Googles AdWords service.

New Swedish closely related party rules for listed companies: On 31 January 2012, the Swedish Securities Council issued a new set of closely related party rules which may have a substantial impact on the business and ownership of listed companies in Sweden. Partners Peder Grandinson and Ulf GrubbstrĂ¶m of HammarskiĂ¶ld & Co comment on the new rules and possible consequences thereof.